Broader head, stronger bite : in vivo bite forces in European eel Anguilla anguilla

This work examined three different phenotypes of the yellow-eel stage of the European eel Anguilla anguilla, broad-heads, narrow-heads and eels with an intermediate head shape. The aim was to see whether broad-headed A. anguilla, which generally consume harder, larger prey, such as crustaceans and f...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: De Meyer, Jens, Herrel, Anthony, Belpaire, C, Goemans, G, Ide, C, De Kegel, Barbara, Christiaens, Joachim, Adriaens, Dominique
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Anguilla
bite force
dimorphism
feeding performance
FUNCTIONAL BASIS
MORPHOLOGY
PERFORMANCE
FISHES
MECHANICS
ONTOGENY
LIZARD
SHAPE
SIZE
Anguilla anguilla
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8539922
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8539922
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13511
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8539922/file/8540189
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Summary:This work examined three different phenotypes of the yellow-eel stage of the European eel Anguilla anguilla, broad-heads, narrow-heads and eels with an intermediate head shape. The aim was to see whether broad-headed A. anguilla, which generally consume harder, larger prey, such as crustaceans and fish, exerted greater bite force than the narrow-headed variant, which mainly consume soft, small prey such as chironomid larvae. It was found that in 99 yellow A. anguilla, in vivo bite force of broad-heads are higher compared with narrow-heads and intermediates.

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